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The Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is backing away from the catalyst role it endeavored to fill beginning last spring on the potential creation of a national fruit and vegetable research and promotion board.
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Harold Lloyd, president, of H. Lloyd & Associates, Inc; Art Turock, president of Art Turock & Associates; and Dr. Richard George, professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph’s University will present during the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) Super Breakfast Sessions at the 2010 N.G.A. Annual Convention and Supermarket Synergy Showcase (S3), to be held Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, 2010, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Bridgeport, Conn., will serve as home to the Great Atlantic & Pacific Co.’s (A&P) first Food Basics store in the Nutmeg State, which is slated to make its debut Nov. 13 at the site of a former A&P Store at 1700 Park Ave.
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Pittsburgh’s grocery scene became a lot larger today with the long awaited unveiling of Giant Eagle’s 150,000-square-foot flagship Market District destination store in the new Settlers Ridge lifestyle shopping center in Robinson Township.
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Walmart and the Walmart Foundation yesterday rolled out “Walmart Gives Back,” a holiday giving program that will contribute $32 million in monetary and in-kind donations to charities across the nation.
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Thirty-four Supervalu-owned Albertsons stores that were purchased by Associated Foods have re-opened yesterday following a weekend rebranding to Fresh Market and a restocking of the stores with the new owner’s branded products.
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Two of Roundy’s Pick ’n Save locations in McFarland and DeForest, Wis., are among the first grocery stores in the state to achieve “Green Grocer” certification from the Wisconsin Grocers Association (WGA), which is spearheading a pilot program to help grocery stores in achieve energy savings, sustainability and environmental standards.
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What a difference a year makes. Restaurant operators enjoyed a solid 2008, but by mid-year 2009, more than 4,000 had closed and the average guest check plunged more than 8 percent.
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While nearly everyone is feeling the pinch and seeking solutions to stretch essential, everyday purchases like food, it seems clear that the value of purely natural proteins remains one of the most dynamic segments of grocers’ long-term fresh foods strategies.
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“Farm fresh from the grocer’s backyard” sounds like a catchy tag line for a supermarket chain, but in Mike Gilliland’s case, he’s not only talking the talk, but also walking the walk.
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After nearly 30 years of fielding questions from hundreds of thousands of turkey-troubled Americans, the experts at Butterball’s invaluable Turkey Talk-Line are armed and ready to help reach a new generation of cooks prepare one of the most treasured meals of the year with a slew of new tactics.
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Publix Super Markets Inc. is gearing up to showcase branded local produce from Miami-Dade County, Fla., under the new Redland Raised moniker.
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In response to intensifying demand for premium natural beef, Lincoln, Neb.-based B&R Stores Inc. — parent of Russ’s Market and Super Saver — has launched a new branded Platte River Ranch Natural Angus Beef program from Greater Omaha Packing Co., Inc., a local supplier of steaks to a number of top area restaurants.
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As one of the first in the cooking genre to chronicle the convergence of eco-friendly food and lifestyles, I had a chance to preview the fourth season of PBS’ outstanding culinary series, “Chefs A’Field,” in advance of its DVD debut earlier this week.
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Fairbank Farms, an Asheville, N.Y.-based ground beef supplier, has issued a voluntary recall for fresh ground beef sold in eight eastern states, after it emerged that about 545,699 pounds produced by the company between Sept. 14 and Sept. 16 might be tainted with E.coli O157:H7.
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Weis Markets’ month-long “Fight Hunger” food drive generated $210,000 in customer food and monetary donations to local food banks and pantries throughout its five-state marketing area, which will be complemented by $200,000 in corporate donations to eight regional food banks.
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Canadian grocer Metro, Inc. will become the first supermarket chain in that country to offer reusable produce bags in all of its 484 stores in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.
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Price Chopper Supermarkets/Golub Corp. has promoted Larry Ritzert to the position of VP of meat merchandising, reporting directly to Mark Brown, VP of perishable merchandising. Ritzert succeeds Jerry Wallace, who has left the company
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The Food Emporium, a banner of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (A&P) will serve for the second time as an official Signature Sponsor of the ING New York Marathon 2009, which this year place on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Now in its 40th year, the 26.2-mile New York City Marathon is widely considered the largest and most spectacular marathon in the world.
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Internet grocer FreshDirect is now selling branded gift cards on its Web site, www.freshdirect.com.
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With the ceremonial cutting of a register tape rather than a ribbon, regional independent No Frills Supermarkets this week unveiled its first “fresh” concept store in its hometown of Omaha, Neb.
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Walmart, Kroger, Target, Safeway, Publix and Wegmans were cited as consistent top performers in the eyes of their trading partners since 1997, according to results of Cannondale Associates’ annual PoweRanking Study.
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For C&S Wholesale Grocers’ seventh consecutive year of participating in Make a Difference Day, which this year occurred on Saturday, Oct. 24, over 500 of the company’s employees volunteered their time in communities across the country.
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In an effort to dramatically simplify and improve the way it promotes and supports sale items, supercenter pioneer Meijer, Inc. has implemented a streamlined system for its sale items, featuring Everyday Best Price, Sale and Price Drop tiers.
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With produce traceability factoring as a front and center issue among grocery trading partners, the Kroger Co.’s new proprietary line of fresh salads includes new technology on the packaging that enables customers to learn where the produce was grown as part of grocery chain’s “Quality You Can Trace” program.
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Going to Seed
Pomegranates are big business, which means that the edible seeds — more often called arils — of the currently ubiquitous fruit are poised for a sales spike of their own.
 A Cup of Beauty
Consumers now can sip their way to a healthier, glowing complexion with Yogi Skin DeTox.
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 Progressive Grocer's 2009 Produce Operations Review
Against a trying backdrop of persistently weak economic conditions, fierce competition and financially wary shoppers, supermarket produce departments faced much harsher headwinds during the past 12- month period than they have in recent years, as evidenced by marginal comparable-sales gains and a tentative outlook for the balance of the year, according to results of Progressive Grocer's 2009 Annual Produce Operations Review.
 PG's CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains
Total supermarket sales were $430.3 billion, up $13.2 billion from the $417.2 billion recorded in 2007 -- continuing the trend of slightly higher percentage increases in each of the past five years, according to Progressive Grocer's 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study (CES), now greatly expanded from the eight-page print edition to 35 pages of research.
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